Sorry all. I only ever pass these scares along if they come from sys-ops at
my uni, as this one did. I've had lots of lovely (an not-so-lovely) letters
to inform me that this is a hoax.
Apologies once again for clogging your inbox.
Regards,
Phil Graham
>Once again, someone is spreading another virus hoax - this one
>called the "Wobbler" virus, guraranteed to wipe out your hard drive.
>
>Of course, the information is "reliable" because it's coming from
>AOL and IBM (two names *I'd* trust :-).
>
>The wobbler is another in a long line of faux virus. For more
>complete information, and a list (appended below) of virus hoaxes in
>the wild, see:
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/scares/
>
>Here's the current contents of that page:
>
> Virus hoaxes are false reports about non-existent viruses that cause
> concern amongst those unfamiliar with how viruses work. Some hoaxes are
> extremely widespread as they are mistakenly distributed by individuals
> and companies with the best intentions.
>
> Virus scares are reports which may have some truth about them, but
> which often have become greatly exaggerated. Misunderstandings are
> real problems often erroneously attributed to computer viruses.
>
> LIST OF CURRENT HOAX VIRUSES:
>
> A moment of silence virus hoax
> A.I.D.S. virus hoax
> AltaVista virus scare
> AOL4FREE virus hoax & Trojan horse
> AOL riot virus hoax
> AOL riot 2 virus hoax
> ASP virus hoax
> Baby New Year virus hoax
> Back Orifice Trojan horse
> Badtimes virus hoax
> Bill Gates virus hoax
> Bloat, see MPEG virus hoax
> Blueballs Are Underrated virus hoax
> BUDDYLST.ZIP virus hoax
> Budweiser frogs screen-saver scare
> Bug's Life, see Budweiser frogs screen-saver scare
> California/Wobbler virus hoax
> Cat virus hoax
> Celcom Screen Saver virus hoax
> Elf Bowling virus hoax
> Fighting Canaries virus hoax
> Frog in a blender/Fish in a bowl
> Get more money virus hoax
> Good Times virus hoax
> Halloween virus hoax
> Happy New Year virus hoax
> Hilda Turkey scare
> Intel/AOL merger hoax
> Irina virus hoax
> It Takes Guts virus hoax
> Java virus scare
> Join the Crew virus hoax
> Lump of Coal virus hoax
> 'Millennium' virus misunderstanding
> Mobile phone virus hoax
> MPEG virus hoax
> 'My clock says 2097/2098' virus misunderstanding
> New virus debug device virus hoax with attached Trojan horse
> Open: Very Cool, see A.I.D.S. virus hoax
> Penpal Greetings, see Good Times virus hoax
> Perrin.exe virus hoax
> Phantom Menace virus hoax
> PKZ300 Trojan virus scare
> Poor Dog virus hoax
> Returned or Unable to Deliver virus hoax
> Sandman hoax warning
> Sassy virus hoax
> Teletubbies virus hoax
> The Hunger Site scare
> Tuxissa virus hoax
> Ukraine/Despite virus hoax
> Valentine's Greetings virus hoax
> Walt Disney greeting, see Bill Gates virus hoax
> Win a Holiday virus hoax
> Wobbler, see California/Wobbler virus hoax
> Y2K7 virus hoax
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